Opposition leader focuses on policies aimed at tackling youth crime
The LNP is continuing its focus on crime and early intervention as part of its pitch to voters.
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00:00Opposition leader David Crisafulli has declared crime as one of the battle lines of this month's election.
00:08And today he was in Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane, announcing the region as the latest location for two early intervention programs if the LNP wins office.
00:18The first is that it would be home to one of the party's proposed crime prevention schools, and second, one of its promised regional reset programs.
00:26When young kids start going off the rails, they have to be given the structure not to go down a lifetime of crime.
00:34Everything we have spoken about during this campaign is about addressing the youth crime crisis because it is front and centre.
00:40And what we saw yesterday confirmed that.
00:44Stories of people who were turning up to booths to say, in many cases, that they have never voted for my side of politics before.
00:53But they are this time because they want change.
00:56The LNP leader made the announcement while visiting the electorate of Ipswich West, a once safe Labor seat that was won by the LNP in a by-election earlier this year.
01:05Mr Crisafulli was also quizzed on police numbers, confirming an LNP government would commit to the Queensland Police Union's request for new recruits 1,600 over four years.
01:15Labor has done the same.
01:17The LNP leader says he's also concerned about the number of officers leaving the service and would set an attrition rate target.
01:23Mr Crisafulli is continuing his blitz of seats in the South East, focusing on crime.